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Making The Prayer Shorter Due To An Unexpected Occurrence

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 789 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 209

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789. Abū Qatādah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "I (sometimes) stand up to pray, desiring to lengthen (the prayer), but then I hear the cry of an infant, so I shorten (the prayer), not desiring to cause its mother any difficulty." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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789 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ، وَبِشْرُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنِّي لَأَقُومُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُطَوِّلَ فِيهَا، فَأَسْمَعُ بُكَاءَ الصَّبِيِّ فَأَتَجَوَّزُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمِّهِ»

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It is preferable to pray long and with humbleness and devotion but the Imām should have regard for the weak among the worshipers.